3/4 Time

This is just chord strumming with bass notes for the gospel hymn Farther Along. I haven’t done a recording of this but I’m including a YouTube video that is in the same key as the tablature (key of G) in case you want to play along.

This is one of my favorite old cowboy tunes. I’m not sure of its origin but I think it’s probably from the early 1900s. The two tablature lines include the melody on top and the simple 3/4 time strumming pattern I played on the recording.

Here are the complete lyrics…

Blue Mountain
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My home it was in Texas
My past you must not know
For I seek a refuge from the law
Where the sage and pinion grow

Chorus:
Blue Mountain, you’re azure deep
Blue Mountain with sides so steep
Blue Mountain with a horse head upon your side
You have won my heart to keep

For the brand “LC” I ride
And the sleeper calves on the side
I’ll own the hip side and shoulder when I grow older
Zapitaro, don’t you tan my hide

(Repeat chorus)

I chum with Latigo Gordon
I drink at the Blue Goose Saloon
I dance at night with the Mormon girls
And ride home beneath the moon

(Repeat chorus)

I trade at Muns’s store
With bullet holes in the door
His calico treasure my horse can measure
When I’m drunk and feeling sore

(Repeat chorus)

Yarn Gallus with shortened lope
Doc Few-Clothes without any soap
In the little green valley have made their sally
And for Slicks there’s still some hope

(Repeat chorus)

In the summer time it’s fine
In the winter the wind does whine
But say, dear brother, if you want a mother
There’s Ev on the old chuck line

About ezFolk

Thanks for visiting! The goal of ezFolk is to help people learn to play folk music on a variety of instruments (ukulele, banjo, guitar, and harmonica). These are all arrangements that I've done over the years, and I'll be adding more in the future. Note that as I add new material it will only be added to this new section, which contains all of the content from the old site and new additions as they become available. The new section should provide a better experience for most users (better sorting, tablature printing, support for any screen size, etc.) and will make things much easier for me to deal with as well.

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